Glass jar

Unknown

2nd half of 1st–mid-2nd century CE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue green. Rounded, flaring, tubular rim, folded out and down, forming collar around neck; broad globular body; bottom pushed in to form hollow foot ring. On body, twenty-two projecting roughly vertical ribs of differing lengths and shapes (some almost straight, others sinuous). Intact, except for one chip in rim and another chip on one of ribs; some bubbles and many surface scratches; slight dulling and pitting on exterior, thick yellow brown weathering and brilliant iridescence covering most of interior. Ribbed jar.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd half of 1st–mid-2nd century CE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881